# Accident 19830805046659A: Piper PA28181, Fishers Island, NY, August 5, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1983, 21:20 local time
- Place: Fishers Island, NY
- Airport: Elizabeth
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2561° N, 72.0501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2561&lon=-72.0501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6877J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6877J-1984-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 639 total, 439 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830805046659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

COLLIDED WITH THE WATER WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR A NIGHT LANDING. FOG IN AREA AND NO GROUND REFERENCE. AIRCRAFT SANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA203), Aug 6, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N6877J), Fishers Island, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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